Author: Joseph Brookes

Gig Guide: Ex-Google policy boss lands at Tech Council

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Google Australia’s former policy boss has moved to the tech sector’s lobby group as it sharpens its government relations ahead of new platform rules. Lucinda Longcroft, who spent five...

Health’s $900m tech outsourcing deal goes to market

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The federal Health department is putting its $897 million enterprise computing deal to market, offering suppliers a chance to dislodge incumbent Datacom from its 12-year outsourcing arrangement. A new...

Bleeding-edge Aussie tech gets $72.5m commercialisation boost

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Almost 175 projects to commercialise bleeding edge Australian technology like quantum hardware, low-carbon concrete and a bionic arm will get underway this year with more than $72 million in...

Australia and Japan team on hybrid quantum research

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Australian and Japanese researchers will collaborate on quantum-classical computing using some of the world’s fastest systems under a new tie-up announced on Thursday. The deal commits the nations to...

Public in the dark on govt automation tech

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Fewer than one in five government agencies are disclosing their authority to use automation technologies, a sweep of 23 agency websites shows, as government-wide reforms to improve transparency drag...

Sydney Uni taps quantum leader for translation drive

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The University of Sydney has enlisted quantum computing expert Thomas Ohki to forge closer links with the burgeoning commercial sector while training a new generation of researchers. Professor Ohki...

Govt’s consulting bill almost $600 million and rising

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Almost four years into the Albanese government’s consultants purge, agencies are still on the hook for almost $600 million in large active consultant contracts, new integrity disclosures show. The...

Services Aus stabbing leads to new security software

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A violent stabbing in a Services Australia centre in 2023 has sent Canberra’s biggest tech agency to market this month for new investigation software. Services Australia last week launched...

How Joe Hockey sold a tech wreck to Cabinet

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Before Joe Hockey’s access card project spectacularly blew up he was able to convince Cabinet colleagues with a promise to deliver the Howard government its services white whale. Cabinet...